bin laden referred to the brotherhood as a half solution. he was pleased that, basically, he thought the new islamist regimes would provide new opportunities for al-qaeda's process thelyization and going out and getting new retruths. it's not a full solution, so i think that sort of sums up how they see things. there are differences between them, but there is also commonality. >> okay. >> [inaudible] systems analytics. i think trying to tie muslim brotherhood and al-qaeda together is not a requisite for recognizing the muslim brotherhood as a threat. to really take a solid look at it, the takeover of the organization manifested with the election of the supreme guide and evidence that was clearly stated in his sermon on the anniversary of the battle of the -- [inaudible] a few months later. certainly subtle in the way he presented it, but it was an unequivocal call to arms, in my view. what are your thoughts? >> yeah. i mean, i'm much more pessimistic, i think, about the brotherhood than some folks in d.c. when i reviewed their rhetoric and s